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as in wreckage
the portion or bits of something left over or behind after it has been destroyed
found the wreck of the ship lying on the floor of the ocean
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as in collision
the violent coming together of two bodies into destructive contact
a dangerous stretch of roadway that has been the scene of numerous car wrecks
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as in to ruin
to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of
most of the furniture on the ground floor was wrecked by the floodwaters
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Recent Examples of wreck
Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 July 2025
The wreck is the subject of a new documentary made by historian Dan Snow for his streaming service History Hit.
—Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 30 July 2025
Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 30 July 2025
Drove him in the right rear and wrecked him at COTA.
—Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 July 2025
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Noun
Dig It!, an organization that supports Scottish archaeology, named the wreck as one of Scotland’s five biggest archaeological discoveries of 2024.
—Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 July 2025
The wreck is the subject of a new documentary made by historian Dan Snow for his streaming service History Hit.
—Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 30 July 2025
Verb
Some drugs, particularly antibiotics, can wreck the gut microbiome fast.
—Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 30 July 2025
Drove him in the right rear and wrecked him at COTA.
—Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wreck
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Creating the aftermath of Maginot’s wreckage in Prodigy City was another feat.—
Daron James,
IndieWire,
13 Aug. 2025
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Five other people, all in a third vehicle, were hospitalized with minor injuries and the fourth driver walked away from the wreckage and was treated at the scene.—
Andrea Klick,
Oc Register,
5 Aug. 2025
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The Connecticut Office of the Chief Medical Examiner determined Berrios’ cause of death to be aortic laceration due to blunt force trauma of trunk and the manner of death to be accident (passenger in motor vehicle collision).—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
9 Aug. 2025
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The driver of the pickup, identified by authorities as Logan Wolfe, suffered minor injuries, reported The Palm Beach Post, which added that all three people involved in the collision wore seat belts at the time.—
David Chiu,
People.com,
8 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Texas kicked it off, then Democrats left the state Democratic lawmakers who left Texas have scuttled a special session on redistricting but appear set to end their standoff after nearly two weeks.—
Jesse Bedayn,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Aug. 2025
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The companies scuttled the service amid legal challenges and Disney’s decision to press forward with its standalone ESPN service.—
Rick Porter,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Her Altadena home and the surrounding community were ruined by the Eaton wildfires that ripped through Los Angeles in January.—
Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal,
Parents,
14 Aug. 2025
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But a sewer backup during this weekend's historic flood ruined 60 of the backpacks, Maya Bell reports.—
Hope Karnopp,
jsonline.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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The Perseids are active every July and August as Earth barrels through the trail of dusty debris shed by the wandering comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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That said, while a bit of debris escaped after powering down, the vacuum still delivered from start to finish.—
Toni Sutton,
People.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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Chinese mines were largely saved from the worst effects of the crash but are now seen as being guilty of over-production.—
Tim Treadgold,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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The driver of the motor vehicle remained at the scene and was not injured, according to Bessette. Road closures were in effect in the area of the crash as the Waterbury Police Department’s Crash Reconstruction Unit investigated the incident, Bessette said.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
13 Aug. 2025
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Younger fans have lived through an era when, season by season, one by one, the most valuable player to come out of the academy had to be flogged to stop the club from being financially shipwrecked.—
Daniel Taylor,
New York Times,
28 July 2025
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Epic story of perseverance and hope follows a 16-year-old boy who is shipwrecked in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and survives on a lifeboat with four companions: a hyena, a zebra, an orangutan and a Royal Bengal tiger.—
Luann Gibbs,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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There were 25 diesel buses that were destroyed per the grant regulations, Young said.—
Harley Walls,
Arkansas Online,
7 Aug. 2025
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But when our home was destroyed, our studio lost, and the war displaced us to Khanyounis’s tent camps, cooking became less about flavor and more about survival.—
Hamada Shaqoura,
Time,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Wreck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wreck. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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